Guerande No. 2 / Guérande
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Results: 3 records
design element - motifs - foliage
Scene Description: on the surface of the basin
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 2008 by Laurent Delpire, in Mémoire [https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/memoire/OA044_20204400096] [accessed 18 December 2023]
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design element - motifs - foliage
Scene Description: unidentified leaves (?) on the sides
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ministère de la Culture (France), Médiathèque de l'architecture et du patrimoine, diffusion RMN-GP, 2023
Image Source: digital photograph taken 2008 by Laurent Delpire, in Mémoire [https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/memoire/OA044_20204400096] [accessed 18 December 2023]
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view of stoup in context
Scene Description: the stoup by the west doorway mullion
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ministère de la Culture (France), Médiathèque de l'architecture et du patrimoine, diffusion RMN-GP, 2023
Image Source: digital photograph taken 2008 by Laurent Delpire, in Mémoire [https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/memoire/OA044_20204400096] [accessed 18 December 2023]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 03959GUE
Object Type: Stoup
Church/Chapel: Collégiale Saint-Aubin de Guérande
Church Patron Saints: St. Albinus of Angers [aka Aubin]
Church Location: 6 Pl. Saint-Aubin, 44350 Guérande, France -- Tel.: +33 2 40 24 90 68
Country Name: France
Location: Loire-Atlantique, Grand-Ouest
Directions to Site: Located off the confluence of the D774 and D213, 15 km W of Saint-Nazaire, about 55 km W of Nantes
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Nantes
Font Location in Church: Outside the church, near the W doorway
Century and Period: 14th - 15th century, Gothic
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for his help in documenting this stoup
Church Notes: 12thC church; modified 16thC -- church listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00108621]: "Eglise Saint-Aubin (ancienne collégiale) [...] 12e siècle ; 16e siècle"
Font Notes:
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Holy-water stoup made of granite in the 15th century and attached to the door mullion listed in Palissy [ref.: PM44000175]: "Bénitier [...] Granite [...] 15e siècle". Illustrated in Mémoire [ref.: OA044_20204400096]. Listed and illustrated in Le patrimoine des communes de la Loire-Atlantique (1999) as a granite stoup of the 14th century. The rounded basin is adorned with foliage motif; the stem of the base, also rounded has similar motif. The lower base appears polygonal and plain. A third stoup in this church, but one of the 19th century, is listed and illustrated in Région Pays de la Loire - Inventaire général [https://gertrude.paysdelaloire.fr/dossier/IM44008468] [accessed 18 December 2-23]
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 47.32808, -2.429065
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 47° 19′ 41.09″ N, 2° 25′ 44.63″ W
UTM: 30T 543139 5241782
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, granite
Font Shape: pedestal font
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
REFERENCES
Le Patrimoine des communes de la Loire-Atlantique, Charenton-le-Pont: FLOHIC, 1999